The immortal gatekeeper was beheaded, and the last obstacle to Lu Xiao's entry into the Palace of Origin was removed.
After passing through the double gate at the end of the long bridge, Lu Xiao saw a desolate scene in front of him.
A large number of palace buildings were submerged by the flood, and the center of the building complex even gathered into a huge lake. Only the buildings around the huge cherry blossom tree in the distance that seemed to reach the sky and the earth were preserved.
The water flowing out of the lake formed a huge waterfall and fell under the Palace of Origin. Lu Xiao speculated that these water flows should be connected to the drinking place of the lion ape.
There are few people living in the outbuildings that were flooded by the flood. Only some snow-white dog-like creatures can be seen wandering near the abandoned houses, and from time to time, faint lightning can be seen flashing from their bodies.
Looking from a high place, you can occasionally see a huge shadow swimming by near the sunken building in the middle of the lake.
"King Magikarp?"
Lu Xiao touched his chin, with a meaningful smile on his face: "It's time for this undead creature that has lived for countless years to come to an end. Let your tribe eat dog by itself."
Moving cautiously along the water-soaked houses by the lake, Lu Xiao killed many mutated Yujia beauties with the Immortal Slash along the way. He also met an old woman who maintained a normal human appearance, and got some information from her mouth.
hint.
A long time ago, the Yuga beauties in the Palace of Origin were not as depraved and twisted as they are now. They had the same appearance characteristics as humans. I don't know when they started to turn into such deformed bodies with long necks.
Regarding this point, Lu Xiao had some guesses.
If you ignore the other humanoid parts of the Yugame tribe, this long neck with tail and scales is very similar to the dragon in Eastern legends.
Then the conclusion is very simple.
The original Yugamei tribe was also a human race. After being blessed by the Sakura dragon, they were greedy for power and drank too much water containing the power of the Sakura dragon. Finally, they were assimilated by the blood of the Sakura dragon and became what they are today.
Before bidding farewell to the old woman, Lu Xiao accepted her commission to find her sisters and father and reunite the family.
Successfully killing the defense outside the Palace of Origin... To be honest, Lu Xiao didn't even think that these miscellaneous fish really had a defense. The individual combat effectiveness of the Yukamei warriors on the outside was not even comparable to Ashina's low-level warriors.
Their moves are rather weird. They jump around and launch combo attacks at the enemy in a dance-like posture. They look beautiful, but the lethality of a single attack is almost negligible.
After bypassing the large lake and arriving at the flower viewing stage with relatively well-preserved buildings, there are more Yujiamei people here, and their clothes also look different from the low-level warriors outside, which should be due to their different status.
The low-level samurai on the periphery wear blue clothes, and most of the samurai near the flower viewing stage wear purple clothes. The attacks of these purple-clothed warriors will also be accompanied by thunder and lightning. If you are not careful, you will be electrocuted and your whole body will be numb.
"Ah~ha~"
These purple warriors are just like the characters in Japanese Noh dramas. They think they are elegant and keep screaming while fighting.
"Boom!"
Another bolt of thunder and lightning was brought down by the sword of the purple-robed warrior in front of him. Lu Xiao, who had already received Genichiro's prompt, jumped up high, preventing the lightning from being transmitted to the ground through his feet.
Using a knife to catch the thunder and lightning emitted by the opponent in mid-air, and swinging the knife to send the thunder back to the opponent before landing, this is the thunder and lightning return that Ashina Kingdom once studied in the battle with the Yukamei tribe.
"Uhhhhhh!"
Hit by the lightning he released, the purple-clothed warrior trembled and froze on the spot, unable to move. Lu Xiao stepped forward and chopped off her long neck.
Judging from the cries, it seems that the warriors of the Yujiamei clan are all women, while most of the well-dressed nobles are men. I don't know what the social system of this race is like.
After passing the flower viewing stage, Lu Xiao found a group of Cuju players near the middle trunk of the huge cherry blossom tree.
The powerful shots they kicked reminded Lu Xiao of a football animation he watched in his childhood. However, this way of kicking the ball against people and not towards the goal was obviously a foul. Lu Xiao gave these female football players "red cards" one by one.
Sent off the field.
"ah!"
Finally, after killing a Cuju coach who was standing by the lake looking into the distance, Lu Xiao wiped the sweat from his forehead and stopped to rest temporarily.
After walking around the Palace of Origin, Lu Xiao roughly understood the social structure of the Yujiamei tribe.
The men in blue are ordinary nobles, and the female warriors in blue are responsible for guarding the safety of these nobles. They usually live in the outer areas of the Palace of Origin.
Entering the core area near the flower viewing stage, the female warriors put on purple clothes, which represented that their status was more noble.
The female warrior in purple has a much higher combat power than the warrior in blue, and even has the unique ability to call out Bazhilei... However, Bazhilei may injure herself if she doesn't use it well.
The closer you get to the palace area, the more purple-clad warriors there are, and some male nobles in red begin to appear here. They should be the highest-level officials responsible for directing the government affairs of the Source Palace.
"Stranger over there, come here."
While walking up the stairs to the palace, Lu Xiao suddenly heard a feminine call.
"Here, come here quickly, I have a lot of good things here, hehe~"
What made the sound was a celadon jar swinging "clack-clack-clack", and a dry blue arm stretched out from the mouth of the jar and waved to Lu Xiao.
'Sure enough, it's here.'
Lu Xiao secretly laughed in his heart, pretending to be confused and walked to the jar: "Who are you? Why do you lock yourself in the jar?"
The weirdo smiled strangely and said: "Hey hee hee~ That's not important. What's important is that I have a lot of good things for sale, but the tokens for payment only accept treasure carp scales."
"Bao carp scales?"
Lu Xiao tilted his head and recalled: "Ah~ When I was traveling around Ashina Country, I did find some red carps that shed their scales. Is this what you are talking about?"
"Seeing" the large number of scales Lu Xiao held in his hands, the weirdo was breathing heavily: "Yes, as long as you have scales, you can get a lot of good things from me, hehehe~"
Among the exchange goods placed in front of the weird man, Lu Xiao was surprised to see that there were drops of Long Yin dew.
‘Collected it from your husband?’
Apart from the Long Yin Dew Drops, the most valuable products provided by the weirdo are a book of secrets and a small piece of Origin Glaze.
The secret book is called Tomoe-ryu Swordsmanship (Japanese call tachi a sword), and it includes records of Tomoe-ryu swordsmanship such as the relics of Tomoe-ryu's skills, flying across the floating boat, and the genuine copy of Flying over the swirling clouds that Lu Xiao honed himself.
usage.
The source glass is the most precious forging material in the Sekiro world, a special item only owned by the source palace close to Sakuraryu.
Due to absorbing the aura emanating from the Sakura Dragon, the source glass will not only never rust or be damaged, but it also possesses a certain amount of Sakura Dragon power, and the forged weapons can produce different special effects depending on the type.
It was useless for Lu Xiao to keep the treasure carp scales anyway, so he simply swept away the valuable goods displayed by the weirdo.
Harvesting a large number of scales at once, the weirdo laughed out loud in excitement. When Lu Xiao was about to turn around and leave, he stopped him and gave him a commission.
"My generous guest, please stay. I have something I need your help with."
'coming.'
Lu Xiao turned around pretending to be confused: "What is it? As long as I can do it, I will not refuse."
"Eh hee hee~ It's very simple. Please help me give this noble ball of fish bait to Lord Carp King in the lake. He is the most respectable big man in our family, hee hee hee~"
Lu Xiao resisted his nausea and took a ball of "bait" with hairy surface from the hand of the weird man.
'They look like bugs no matter what. King Carp likes to eat these?'